>>43887607He doesn't seem to understand that we actually enjoy story in Mario games, and that it's not this big detriment that he thinks it is.
SMRPG had wonderful story. So did all 3 Mario & Luigis, and PM:TTYD. Rosalina's story in the first Galaxy was pretty damn moving and not something we usually saw in a Mario platformer, and it worked great.
I'm not saying they should overthink it and take it too seriously, but damn, they have some pretty good writers over at Nintendo, and they should really let them breathe.